Burial-casket



(No Model.)

J. JAIXEN 8: E. HARRY. BURIAL GASKET.

No. 603,767. Patented May 10, 1898.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH JAIXEN AND EDWARD HARRY, OFBUFFALO, NEW YORK.

BURlAL-CASKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. eosnev', dated May 10,1898.

Application filed February 16, 1898- Serial No. 670,507. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSEPH J AIXEN and EDWARD HARRY, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State ofNew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Burial-Caskets,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a burial-casket provided with an ornamentalcanopy which 'is applied to the under side of the cover or lid and whichcan be projected forwardly over the body of the casket when the cover isopened or can be folded against the under side of the cover when thelatter is to be closed. A casket provided with a canopy of this generaldescription is described in Letters Pateislt No. 593,176, granted to usNovember 2, 1 97.

The object of this invention is to improve and simplify the means forconnecting the canopy to the cover and for holding the canopy inposition when in use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectionof the casket, showing the lid in an upright position and the canopyprojecting forwardly on the under side thereof, the draperies beingindicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a similar section showing thecasket closed. Fig. 3 is a top plan view, on a reduced scale, of thecasket with the parts in the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is ahorizontal section, ona reduced scale, in line i 4:, Fig. 1, lookingup-- ward. Fig. dis a Vertical longitudinal section, on a reduced scale,in line 5 5, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary bottom plan view showingthe means for holding the canopyin the cover of the casket.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the body of the casket, and B the cover or lid, which-isattached at its longitudinal rear edge by hinges b to the longitudinalrear wall of the body. Both the body and the lid maybe of any ordinaryconstruction. The cover is raised or bulged in the usual way, so as toform a cavity or recess 5 in its under side. The cover is held in avertical position when opened by two inclined braces 0, each of which isengaged with its hook o in an eye or loop 0' on the body.

D represents the canopy, which is arranged on the under side of the lidand adaptedto be projected forwardly in a horizontal position from thelid when the latter has been placed in an upright position and to befolded into the cavity in the under side of the lid when the latter isrequired to be closed.

E E represent two transversely-swinging arms, which support the canopyand which are pivoted at their inner ends by hinges e e to the underside of the lid, while their outer ends engage in transverse slidewaysor guides ff, secured to the under side of the canopy.

g g represent two flexible retaining bands, straps, or chains, each ofwhich is connected at one end with the rear portion of the canopy and atits opposite end with the lid above the hinges.

For folding the canopy it is slid on the supporting-arms toward thehinges thereof, so that the canopy can be swung downwardly into therecess in the lid. When unfolding the canopy, it is swung upwardly outof the recess in the lid and also moved outwardly on thesupporting-arms, so that the canopy extends farther from the lid andover a greater portion of the body of the casket. In this unfoldedposition the canopy. is interlocked with the supporting-arms by slidingbolts 71., which are arranged on the under side of the canopy lengthwiseof the casket or transversely to the supporting-arms and engage withtheir outer ends in notches or openings h in the supporting-arms, whichthey enter through openings in the slideways f. These bolts areyieldingly held in engagement with the supporting-arms by a spring 1;,which connects the inner ends of the bolts. The latter are disengagedfrom the arms by pressing together two depending thumb-pieces 2', formedon the inner ends of the bolts. The bolts, the spring, and thethumb-pieces are preferably forrned out of a single piece of springwire.The retaining straps, bands, or chains limit the outward movement of thecanopy and support the latter in its horizontal projected position whenthe spring-bolts have been interlocked with the supporting-arms, therebyrendering braces for the support of the canopy unnecessary.

The canopy can be confined in afolded position in the recess of the lidby the braces C 0, each of which is placed diagonally across one of thefront corners of the canopy and engaged with its hook in an opening j inthe lid, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6.

Our improved canopy is very simple in construction, while beingextensible, and is Very sightly, as the parts of the same can all becovered by the drapery with the exception of the ends of thethumb-pieces of the lockingbolts which project through small openings inthe drapery, which covers the under side of the lid.

The particular construction of the springbolts and other parts by whichthe canopy is supported and locked in its projected position is notessential and can be modified in various ways without departing from theinvention.

We claim as our invention 1. The combination with the lid, ofsupporting-arms hinged or pivoted to the under side thereof, a canopymounted on said arms and capable of sliding on the same toward and fromthe lid, and a supporting device extending from the projected canopyupwardly to the lid, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the lid, of supporting-arms hinged or pivoted tothe under side thereof, a canopy mounted on said arms and capable ofsliding on the same toward and from the lid, a supporting deviceextending from the projected canopy upwardly to the lid, and a lockingdevice whereby the canopy is interlocked with the supporting-arms whenprojected, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with the lid, of supporting-arms hinged or pivoted tothe under side thereof, a canopy provided with slideways in which saidarms engage, spring locking-bolts mounted on the canopy and adapted toengage with said arms when the canopy is projeoted, and a supportingdevice which extends from the projected canopy upwardly to the lid,substantially as set forth.

Witness our hands this 3d day of January,

JOSEPH JAIXEN. EDWARD HARRY. Witnesses:

JNo. J. BONNER, KATHRYN ELMORE.

